Words starting with L

limapontiidAny gastropod in the family Limapontiidae.
limaprostA prostaglandin analogue.
LimassolA city and port in Cyprus.
LimatA surname from French.
limationThe act of filing, polishing, or refining.
limatureThe act of filing.
LimavadyA market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
LimawasaA municipality of Southern Leyte, Philippines.
limawoodA variety of sapan.
limaxA slug or slug-like creature.
LimayA municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines.
limbA major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
limbaA large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
limbachalconeAny of a family of chalcones isolated from Persicaria limbata (syn. Polygonum limbatum).
limbalOf or pertaining to a limbus.
limbatA periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest.
limbateHaving a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered.
limbationA limbate formation
LimbaughA surname.
LimbaughesqueIn the style or manner of Rush Limbaugh, a conservative American radio host known for his political rants.
LimbeA coastal city in South-West Region, Cameroon, named Victoria until 1982.
limbecTo distill.
limbeckAn alembic.
limbedHaving limbs.
limberFlexible, pliant, bendable.
LimbergA surname.
LimberhamA debauched man who keeps a mistress.
limberingThe process of making something flexible or pliant.
limberjackAn American folk percussion instrument consisting of a dancing wooden doll and a flexible plank.
limberlyIn a limber manner.
limberneckA flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
limbernessProperty of being limber.
limbersomeCharacterised or marked by limberness; lithe
limbicRelating to the limbic system.
limbicallyIn a limbic manner.
limbidiumA differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.
limbinessThe quality of being limby.
limblessLacking limbs.
limblesslyIn a limbless way; without limbs.
limblessnessThe state or condition of being limbless; lack of limbs.
limblineA fishing line that dangles from the limb of an overhanging tree.
limbmealInto pieces; limb from limb.
limboA speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.
limboerOne who performs a limbo dance.
limboidHaving a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.
limbokeratoplastylimbal keratoplasty
limbolikeA 2D platform-puzzle video game, often with a melancholy theme, similar to Limbo.
limbousWith slightly overlapping borders.
LimbriA locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
limbricA kind of cotton cloth with a fine warp and a soft, lustrous weft.
LimbrickA surname.
LimbuA member of a tribal people of Nepal (and to a lesser extent India and Bhutan).
LimbubongA barangay of Maluso, Basilan, Philippines.
LimburanA barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.
LimburgA province of the Netherlands.
LimburganSynonym of Limburgish.
LimburgerA native or inhabitant of Limburg.
LimburgianA native or resident from Limburg.
LimburgicLimburgian, Limburgish (of, from, or relating to Limburg, its people or their language)
LimburgishA Germanic language or dialect continuum spoken near the common border between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
limburgiteA dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
limburgiticContaining or relating to limburgite.
limbusA border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
limbwardToward a limb.
limbyHaving many limbs, or branches.
limeAny inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
limeaceousBelonging to the family Limeaceae and its single genus Limeum.
limeadeA (variety of) citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes.
limeberryA spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of species Triphasia trifolia, of tropical southeastern Asia.
limeburnerA tradesman who operates a limekiln, burning limestone at high heat to produce quicklime for use as an agricultural manure, in cement, and otherwise.
limecreteA form of concrete in which lime is used in place of cement.
LimedaleAn unincorporated community in Independence County, Arkansas, United States.
limehouseTo make a fiery political speech.
limekilnA furnace used to produce lime (quicklime and slaked lime) from limestone.
limekilnsA locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
limelessWithout lime (the mineral).
limelightThe intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
limelighterA person who excessively seeks attention or tries to take credit for the accomplishments of others.
limelikeResembling a lime (the fruit).
limemanA worker who tends a limekiln.
limenA liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
LimeneanRelating to the city of Lima in Peru.
limequatA citrus tree, a cross between a lime and a kumquat, Citrus × floridana
limerA kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.
limeraikuA jocular poetic form, combining aspects of the limerick and the Western haiku.
limerenceAn involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.
limerentIn a state of limerence.
limericistSomeone who writes limericks.
limerickA humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
limerickistA writer of limericks.
LimerickmanA man from Limerick, Ireland.
limeristA writer of limericks.
limeritaA lime-flavored margarita cocktail.
limerodA twig or stick smeared with birdlime
limesA boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
limesandA course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.
limescaleA white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
limescaledHaving a deposit of limescale.
limestickA stick, twig or branch smeared with birdlime, used as trap to catch birds. The practise is illegal in many jurisdictions.
limestoneAn abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
limetiniA lime-flavored martini cocktail.
limettaCitrus limetta, a small, round, sweet citrus fruit, a cross between the citron and bitter orange.
limettinSynonym of citropten.
limetwigA twig smeared with birdlime, used to catch or snare birds
limewashA mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
limewaterA solution of calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in water (that is, a saturated calcium hydroxide solution), used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
limewoodThe wood from the lime tree or linden tree.
limeworkingThe processing of limestone.
limeworksA limestone-processing facility.
limewortA flowering plant of species Petrorhagia prolifera.
limeyResembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
limeyardSynonym of limerod.
LimeylandEngland, or the United Kingdom.
Limfjorda sound separating Jutland from Vendsyssel-Thy or a fjord in Jutland
limicolineShore-dwelling, usually said of certain wading birds, such as snipes and plovers.
limicolousThat lives in mud.
limidAny in the family Limidae of mollusks.
limierA limer; a bloodhound.
liminalOf or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
liminalityThe fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
liminaryIntroductory or preparatory.
liminessThe state or quality of being limy.
limingAn application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide).
LimingtonA village and former civil parish, now in Yeovilton and District parish, Somerset, England, and previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5422).
liminocentricHaving an edge or border which is simultaneously a centre, or internal areas that are indistinguishable from boundary areas.
liminoidHaving characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
limitA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
limitableAble to be limited.
limitalof, or related to the limit or boundary
limitaneousOf or pertaining to a limit.
limitansSynonym of membrana limitans.
limitarianTending to limit, or supporting limitarianism.
limitarianismThe belief that there should be limits on how much money or other resources any individual owns.
limitaryOf or pertaining to a limit or boundary.
limitateBounded by a distinct line or boundary.
limitationThe act of limiting or the state of being limited.
limitationalRelating to limitations.
limitationistSupporting or believing in a certain limitation.
limitativeRestrictive, limited.
limitativelyIn a limitative manner.
limitedWith certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
limitedlyWith limits; not unlimitedly.
limitednessThe state or characteristic of being limited.
limiterThat which limits or confines.
limitingA limitation.
limitinglyIn a limiting manner.
limitingnessThe quality of being limiting.
limitiveInvolving or setting a limit; limiting.
limitlessWithout limits in extent, size, or quantity.
limitlesslyIn a limitless way.

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